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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jeff Selingo

      They should all learn to code. Oh, wait. (Also: AI is going to eat up a lot of basic software jobs, too).https://twitter.com/jselingo/status/806463474989670401 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jeff SelingoVerified account @jselingo
      Hmm. Google says coding bootcamp graduates need additional training. Thoughts @jakeschwartz ? http://www.businessinsider.com/google-says-coding-bootcamp-graduates-need-additional-training-2016-12?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10ThingsSAI&pt=385758&ct=Sailthru_BI_Newsletters&mt=8&utm_campaign=Post%20Blast%20%28sai%29:%2010%20things%20in%20tech%20you%20need%20to%20know%20today&utm_term=10%20Things%20In%20Tech%20You%20Need%20To%20Know%20-%20Engaged%2C%20Active%2C%20Passive%2C%20Disengaged …
      3 replies 10 retweets 46 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      Even the most far-out answer—minimal "basic income"—is nowhere near a solution. Will just free up people's time to gather up the pitchforks.

      22 replies 12 retweets 57 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
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      Almost everyone born in 1940s made more than their parents. Born in the 80s? Only 50%. Midwestern states? Norm is to make less than parents.pic.twitter.com/Y249i0eGlx

      4 replies 75 retweets 69 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
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      And the problem isn't lack of growth. GDP growth is doing fine. It's inequality. Gains are going to the well-off. Very straightforward.

      6 replies 57 retweets 105 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
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      Here's the article. If we went back to pre-1970 level of inequality, the problem goes away. That's it. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/opinion/the-american-dream-quantified-at-last.html …pic.twitter.com/SUn1eyIU65

      5 replies 48 retweets 70 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted A Worthier Clock

      Expectation that people will be content with a small UBI stipend & no work while a segment accumulates wealth? Nope.https://twitter.com/AWorthierClock/status/806967898543628288 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      A Worthier Clock @AWorthierClock
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      or… to be creative? Why would people necessarily reach for pitchforks? Lack of upward mobility? Lack of meaningful work?
      5 replies 11 retweets 38 likes
    7. Serenity “Water, Yeet, and Grains” Dee‏ @sapphixy 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      yup. UBI needs to be solid income for a decent standard of living, not subsistence.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @sapphixy @asymbina

      It would have to be decent; there would have to be a lot less inequality and a wholesale restructuring of society. Not a pay-off.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    9. Serenity “Water, Yeet, and Grains” Dee‏ @sapphixy 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      Oh, absolutely. It would be radical rethinking of purpose of human labor and capital.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. Serenity “Water, Yeet, and Grains” Dee‏ @sapphixy 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @sapphixy @zeynep

      I'm an economist, so I've spent a lot of odd hours thinking this through.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2016
      Replying to @sapphixy @asymbina

      From sociology side: if ppl have just enough but nothing else amidst great wealth, they'll use free time to organize pitchforks!

      1:22 PM - 8 Dec 2016
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        2. Serenity “Water, Yeet, and Grains” Dee‏ @sapphixy 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          Yeah — I think this is a dynamic sociologists are better equipped to predict & describe than us economists. But it makes sense.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Serenity “Water, Yeet, and Grains” Dee‏ @sapphixy 8 Dec 2016
          Replying to @sapphixy @zeynep

          One of the things I do know is that people really don't like sitting around idle, just in general. There's utility gained from the +

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Joachim of Biore‏ @tim_nich 25 Dec 2016
          Replying to @zeynep @asymbina

          this is a good thing & I don't know why you're framing it as bad - currently poverty inhibits political action/organizing

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